[All through the youngster's inner thoughts, their squirming and discomfort, their faces, Guzma remains silent and watchful. He waits for their decision without changing his facial expression, and whether he's happy or not by their acceptance of his offer isn't easily visible. He has a pretty good poker face, if anything. But Guzma does nod, and wades closer to the shore. They don't need super deep water for this, just deep enough for them to work with.]

A'ight, now c'mere. What you wanna do is lean back into the water - kinda like you was falling backwards, yeah? The point is to keep your back straight and feet together. And, uh...obviously your face from getting wet.

Ain't as easy as it sounds, so I'll hold your back up'n make sure y'all is straight...then I'll move 'em out from under you and have y'all take a go on your own. If y'can keep straight, you won't sink and go under. Try to keep your face above water for as long as y'can, okay?

Whenever you're ready, kid.